syncopated

[sing-kuh-pey-tid, sin-]

adjective

1. marked by syncopation.

   syncopated rhythm.

2. cut short; abbreviated.

Other Word Forms

• unsyncopated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of syncopated¹

1655–65; < Late Latin syncopāt ( us ) ( syncopate ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

And the clattering syncopated loop that repeats through “Oblivion” is there mostly as a contrast to the wispy and diaphanous vocals, which are so thin and leavened with reverb that they threaten to float away.

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In court, Sheeran's team accepted that the two songs share a similar syncopated chord pattern.

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Glenn also performed an a capella version of “Deep River,” his syncopated low voice and skilled falsetto moving the entire room into snaps, whistles and screams.

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Eva Slater’s 1954 “Galaxy” insets a syncopated network of painted forms within a wooden panel, merging optical motion with material stasis.

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The staging, which can seem cluttered and breathless in the early going, traipses through these seedy locales with a theatrical swiftness that captures the milieu that bred the syncopated rhythm of the Jazz Age.

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